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i'm a fan of stephen colbert and is very funny on his show, but it seems to me that a congressional hearing is not the place for that kind of humor. i understand the reason why members of congress want to try to bring attention to the issue and thought his celebrity could help them do that, especially with young people, for example, who don't pay attention to politics. but i'm not sure it succeeded in doing that. it seemed to me that it ended up mocking congress more than it brought attention to the issue. >> but john, if the point is to bring attention to it and engage the younger people and get younger people fired up about the issue to get something done, there is a method to the madness there, wouldn't you agree? >> well, if it achieves that goal, more power to them. but my suspicious is that what actually happened there, alex, was attention to congress pulling some sort of a stunt that went over with some people, perhaps, but didn't go over with a lot of others. >>> okay. right now to house speaker nancy pelosi, which she says she may push ahead on the bush era tax cuts even though the
i'm a fan of stephen colbert and is very funny on his show, but it seems to me that a congressional hearing is not the place for that kind of humor. i understand the reason why members of congress want to try to bring attention to the issue and thought his celebrity could help them do that, especially with young people, for example, who don't pay attention to politics. but i'm not sure it succeeded in doing that. it seemed to me that it ended up mocking congress more than it brought attention...
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we have a lot of tweets regarding stephen colbert. one person said if you were paying attention to his message instead of the idea he was in character, his point was made and brought national attention. another person wrote, write on, colbert. congress has accomplished nothing but arguments. some people disagree with this. one person wrote me, colbert is not a journalist, he is a joke. his disrespect of president obama yesterday was disgusting. another person said, heck yes, colbert should testify. ever seen a tea party rally? let me see your thoughts. go to twitter.msnbc.com. you can tweet us on any subject throughout the hour. >>> handcuffed and taken back to jail. more on the judge's decision regarding lindsay lohan's freedom. is her career over? courtney joins me with that and the school. and drug giveback. why the feds want you to turn in your expired and unused prescription drugs this weekend. it could save a life. >>> and gop chairman michael steele says he's done with the political back biting and nitpicking. he's not talking
we have a lot of tweets regarding stephen colbert. one person said if you were paying attention to his message instead of the idea he was in character, his point was made and brought national attention. another person wrote, write on, colbert. congress has accomplished nothing but arguments. some people disagree with this. one person wrote me, colbert is not a journalist, he is a joke. his disrespect of president obama yesterday was disgusting. another person said, heck yes, colbert should...
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sten stephen colbert in character and on capitol hill. how did he get away with it? >>> plus, more trouble for lindsay lohan. why the troubled star is now back in jail. ♪ ♪ [ mom ] game time is all about the traditions. it's all about the tackles and the touchdowns... and watching my boys do what they do. but for me, it's even more than that. game time is about our time. together. [ female announcer ] get low prices on all your favorites for the game. save money. live better. walmart. so i take one a day men's 50+ advantage. as a manager, my team counts on me to stay focused. get low prices on all your favorites for the game. it's the only complete multivitamin with ginkgo to support memory and concentration. plus vitamin d to help maintain healthy blood pressure. [ bat cracks ] that's a hit. one a day men's. but basically, i'm a runner. last year. (oof). i had a bum knee that needed surgery. but it got complicated, because i had an old injury. so i wanted a doctor who had done this before. and unitedhealthcare's database helped me find a surgeon. you know you ca
sten stephen colbert in character and on capitol hill. how did he get away with it? >>> plus, more trouble for lindsay lohan. why the troubled star is now back in jail. ♪ ♪ [ mom ] game time is all about the traditions. it's all about the tackles and the touchdowns... and watching my boys do what they do. but for me, it's even more than that. game time is about our time. together. [ female announcer ] get low prices on all your favorites for the game. save money. live better....
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stephen colbert talking about a serious issue with not so serious commentary. thomas, your jaw has dropped open. we will get the whole story coming up next hour. okay? you exercise and eat right, but your blood sugar may still be high, and you need extra help. ask your doctor about onglyza, a once daily medicine used with diet and exercise to control high blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. adding onglyza to your current oral medicine may help reduce after meal blood sugar spikes and may help reduce high morning blood sugar. [ male announcer ] onglyza should not be used to treat type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. tell your doctor if you have a history or risk of diabetic ketoacidosis. onglyza has not been studied with insulin. using onglyza with medicines such as sulfonylureas may cause low blood sugar. some symptoms of low blood sugar are shaking, sweating and rapid heartbeat. call your doctor if you have an allergic reaction like rash, hives or swelling of the face, mouth or throat. ask your doctor if you also take a tzd as swelling in the hand
stephen colbert talking about a serious issue with not so serious commentary. thomas, your jaw has dropped open. we will get the whole story coming up next hour. okay? you exercise and eat right, but your blood sugar may still be high, and you need extra help. ask your doctor about onglyza, a once daily medicine used with diet and exercise to control high blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. adding onglyza to your current oral medicine may help reduce after meal blood sugar spikes and...
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stephen colbert testified before a subcommittee about immigration. he was talking about the plate of a lot of undocumented farm workers in the country, a lot of the folks that pick the apples and oranges that we use every day of our lives. what he was trying to get to, quote, migrant workers suffer have no right. he was a little comedic but he was also serious. take a listen. >> i've got to ask why isn't the government doing anything? maybe this ag jobs bill would help. i don't know. like most members of congress, i haven't read it. >> and there you see stephen colbert making a joke there. but trying to tell members that this bill could possibly help out a lot of these undocumented workers that face this situation. what colbert had done, he had actually gone to a farm at the invitation of the united farm workers in new york and did back-breaking work for ten hours saying he would never want to do it again. they offered this pledge said take our job essentially and offered it on its website and got 3 million hits and of those hits, 8,600 people follow
stephen colbert testified before a subcommittee about immigration. he was talking about the plate of a lot of undocumented farm workers in the country, a lot of the folks that pick the apples and oranges that we use every day of our lives. what he was trying to get to, quote, migrant workers suffer have no right. he was a little comedic but he was also serious. take a listen. >> i've got to ask why isn't the government doing anything? maybe this ag jobs bill would help. i don't know. like...
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comedian stephen colbert testifies before congress as his alter ego. he certainly brought a few laughs, but did he help the migrant worker cause. michael smerconish will join me in the debate about this. >>> and developing now, 25 top executives from one of the nation's biggest banks which got billions in government bailout money is getting multi-million dollar bonuses. we'll see what dylan ratigan has to say about it. >>> now developing new details on the dramatic early bank robbery near miami, florida. the fbi says robbers kidnapped a bank teller from his home, strapped what was believe be a bomb to his chest, and used him to steal bank out of the bank of amica branch in the city. >> once
comedian stephen colbert testifies before congress as his alter ego. he certainly brought a few laughs, but did he help the migrant worker cause. michael smerconish will join me in the debate about this. >>> and developing now, 25 top executives from one of the nation's biggest banks which got billions in government bailout money is getting multi-million dollar bonuses. we'll see what dylan ratigan has to say about it. >>> now developing new details on the dramatic early bank...
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well, court ended early last thursday after the defendant you see here, stephen he stephen ha seizure-like symptoms. with the details of the case so horrific, what is going to happen going forward now? >> a bizarre case to say the least, from beginning to end. right now there is a police sergeant on the stand who is testifying more about exactly what happened inside of that house and, most importantly, the evidence it recovered to tie these two men, stephen hayes and joshua komisarjevsky to the crime. the older of the two suspects is being tried first and the other suspect, who will be tried after him. as many legal experts point out, this is not so much a trial about guilt or innocence, as we normally see where the defense is, of course, trying to prove that their client is not guilty. in this case, the defense attorney for steven hayes admitted from the very beginning committed this crime and admitted to the killing, as well. he said, look, don't put my client to death. just give oslife sentence. basically calling this a robbery that got out of control. late last week in a very surprise
well, court ended early last thursday after the defendant you see here, stephen he stephen ha seizure-like symptoms. with the details of the case so horrific, what is going to happen going forward now? >> a bizarre case to say the least, from beginning to end. right now there is a police sergeant on the stand who is testifying more about exactly what happened inside of that house and, most importantly, the evidence it recovered to tie these two men, stephen hayes and joshua komisarjevsky...
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now, let's turn this live shot around in the bathtub and look at the looking glass and talking about stephen colbert. colbert, the arch conservative commentator. is he conservative? i don't know. the irony is lost on me. he is testifying today before all things, the house subcommittee on immigration. turns out colbert is part of a united farm worker of america called take back our jobs. he wants americans to fill in the jobs that are now taken by illegal immigrants. and to that effect, he went picking beans and packing corn recently in a farm in new york. here's what he had to say on the show about his appearance. >> it's true, i do have a character, but rest assured i will not be addressing congress as my chinese persona ching-chond ding dong. i love tea. >> back to you on the white house. >> all right. >> in all seriousness, i really hope that he isn't testifying in character. it sort of talk about tucker taking congress down a road that is a slippery slope. we will await to see. >> he may want to treat congress as joke. unclear why congress would want to treat itself as a joke. anyway. >>
now, let's turn this live shot around in the bathtub and look at the looking glass and talking about stephen colbert. colbert, the arch conservative commentator. is he conservative? i don't know. the irony is lost on me. he is testifying today before all things, the house subcommittee on immigration. turns out colbert is part of a united farm worker of america called take back our jobs. he wants americans to fill in the jobs that are now taken by illegal immigrants. and to that effect, he went...
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>> that was comedian stephen colbert testifying last week. he was invited to appear before the committee because he spent a day last month -- i don't understand this, wiley. he spent a day last month picking vegetables on the farm in upstate new york. >> on his comedy show. >> that's why they picked him to do this. unconfused. colbert's written statement which he submitted -- when it was his turn to speak on friday, he slipped into character. >> this is america. i don't want a tomato picked by a mexican. i want it picked by an american, then sliced by a guatemalan and served by a venezuelan in a spa where a chilean gives me a brazilian. because my great grandfather did not travel across 4,000 miles of the atlantic ocean to see this country overrun by immigrants. he did it because he killed a man back in ireland. that's the rumor. i don't know if that's true. i'd like to have that stricken from the record. >> did you think it was appropriate that he testify today? >> of course i think it's appropriate. he's an american. he came before the comm
>> that was comedian stephen colbert testifying last week. he was invited to appear before the committee because he spent a day last month -- i don't understand this, wiley. he spent a day last month picking vegetables on the farm in upstate new york. >> on his comedy show. >> that's why they picked him to do this. unconfused. colbert's written statement which he submitted -- when it was his turn to speak on friday, he slipped into character. >> this is america. i don't...
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. >>> and not everyone was amused by last week's congressional testimony from comedian stephen colbert at a hearing on immigration reform. house majority leader steny hoyer called it inappropriate and a, quote, embarrassment to colbert. >>> and now here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,860 after climbing 197 points on friday. the s&p rose 23 points. the nasdaq added 54. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning in tokyo, the nikkei rose 131 points while in hong kong, the hang seng jumped 221. >>> with the dow on track for its best september since 1954, the big question is, will this month's surge continue for a fourth straight week? the answer lies with which way this week's economic data swings. on deck investors will get an update on consumer confidence and spending along with updated manufacturing reports and a fresh look at home prices. auto sales data for september is also due and should be a little higher this month. coming up on thursday wall street will get another reading on just how much the economy grew in the second qu
. >>> and not everyone was amused by last week's congressional testimony from comedian stephen colbert at a hearing on immigration reform. house majority leader steny hoyer called it inappropriate and a, quote, embarrassment to colbert. >>> and now here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,860 after climbing 197 points on friday. the s&p rose 23 points. the nasdaq added 54. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this...
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and in massachusetts, will stephen lynch pull off a victory? >>> a federal judge in florida said he will likely allow a trial on portions of a lawsuit by florida and 19 other states challenging the president's health care overall as unconstitutional. the judge said in a hearing today in pence cola he expects to dismiss some parts of the lawsuit. let's get more clarification from pete williams. obviously people are looking at judge's wording and what this may mean for other states. what can you tell us? >> well, this is another tactical victory for the people who are claiming that the obama health care plan violates the constitution by requiring all americans to buy health care, and if they don't do so to pay a tax penalty. so this is one of the big sets of cases. this was 20 states, as you noted. the obama administration was hoping the courts would throw them out and find out the states filing them have no legal standing to do so. this judge thinks the case can go forward. this follows a similar ruling. he says he'll not rule on this until octo
and in massachusetts, will stephen lynch pull off a victory? >>> a federal judge in florida said he will likely allow a trial on portions of a lawsuit by florida and 19 other states challenging the president's health care overall as unconstitutional. the judge said in a hearing today in pence cola he expects to dismiss some parts of the lawsuit. let's get more clarification from pete williams. obviously people are looking at judge's wording and what this may mean for other states. what...
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stands between a man and two women no less while sharron angle was speaking in nevada, on the day that stephen colbert braves performance art and politics together so tightly that he almost pops immigration reform out of congress with the sheer pressure of his wit, on the day we actually get in the mail these steak mailer from the crazy carl for governor campaign in new york, the piece of direct mail scented with the smell of land fill, on the day when we most need a man of kent jones' talents to make sense of the world around us, kent is on vacation. that's the bad news. we need him. he's gone. the good news is that it turns up that kent does some freaky crazy weird stuff on vacation and pops into a studio to tell us about it. did you seriously do what i heard you did today? >> it depends on what you think it is i did today. i'm in san francisco and i think that i helped the people of san francisco advance music to the next level. >> okay. >> that's what i think i was doing today. my i present the festival of music for people and thingamajigs. ♪ >> this is a guitar, but not like one we know
stands between a man and two women no less while sharron angle was speaking in nevada, on the day that stephen colbert braves performance art and politics together so tightly that he almost pops immigration reform out of congress with the sheer pressure of his wit, on the day we actually get in the mail these steak mailer from the crazy carl for governor campaign in new york, the piece of direct mail scented with the smell of land fill, on the day when we most need a man of kent jones' talents...
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. >> the pathetic thing is it takes jon stewart and stephen colbert to make a rally. no one seems to get the sen thrifts out there. it takes two tv comics in a sense to have everybody yelling. >> pennsylvania, open seat in pennsylvania, pat tomb many leads democrat joe sestak 49-44. >> five points. that is something. you say democratic pollsters are keeping a poker face right now. looking at these numbers in the blue states, mark, have to be very nervous. >> they're very nervous. their hope remains to spend the money they have. in a lot of races democrats are sitting on money to try to demonized these republicans and limb nate nate them. the message voters want to hear is the one republicans in a disciplined way are peddling. change washington, put a check on barack obama, nancy pelosi and harry reid. >> one place where democrats are happy right now. one place, a place that things could have been so different. >> they could be different. in delaware, democratic chris coons leads republicaning opponent christine o'donnell 55% to 39%. >> look at the next number. look at
. >> the pathetic thing is it takes jon stewart and stephen colbert to make a rally. no one seems to get the sen thrifts out there. it takes two tv comics in a sense to have everybody yelling. >> pennsylvania, open seat in pennsylvania, pat tomb many leads democrat joe sestak 49-44. >> five points. that is something. you say democratic pollsters are keeping a poker face right now. looking at these numbers in the blue states, mark, have to be very nervous. >> they're very...